The Producers

Nov 10, 2004 12:00 a.m. - Variety.com

Legit Reviews: For those of us who grew up watching legendary British performances come to Broadway, there’s a unique satisfaction in seeing the traffic reversed. London auds have only until Jan. 8 to see Nathan Lane play Max Bialystock in the Mel Brooks musical "The Producers," in what is surely the last time the actor will tackle this role onstage. (Next year’s film version, of course, awaits.) Lane has never seemed -- or sounded -- so fresh, his amazing generosity of spirit, lung power and comic timing making him the American goodwill ambassador to Britain we sorely need right now.

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